UGRC 227 — Introduction to African Studies/African Music
University-Wide Required Courses (UGRC) · University of Ghana
Course Description The course aims at introducing non-music majors to some of the basic but key concepts in African music, their meanings, scopes, as well as the thought systems that underpin the creation, performance and consumption of music in sub-Saharan Africa. To give meaning to the intellectual and creativity dimensions of the discipline, the course is presented in two partsi.e. theory and practical. Topics to be explored in the more theoretical class discussions include the definitions, categories and characteristics of African Music; Music, language and surrogacy; Uses and functions of music (including court music), music and the related arts, as well as the gendered spaces in African music practice. Course Objectives: It is expected at the end of the course that, students‘ intellectual curiosity about indigenous conceptions about African musical forms, their functions would be aroused in order to: Appreciate the values of indigenous African music from African perspective Question some stereotypes about African traditional music
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
Other courses on this programme
- UGRC 221 — Introduction to African Studies/African Art, its Philosophy and
- UGRC 222 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa in the Contemporary World
- UGRC 223 — Introduction to African Studies/ Africa and the Diaspora
- UGRC 224 — Introduction to African Studies/African Popular Culture: Traditional
- UGRC 225 — Introduction to African Studies/African Dance
- UGRC 226 — Introduction to African Studies/African Drama
- UGRC 228 — Introduction to African Studies/Chieftaincy and Development
- UGRC 229 — Introduction to African Studies/ Culture and Development
- UGRC 230 — Introduction to African Studies/ Gender and Culture in Africa
- UGRC 231 — Introduction to African Studies/Gender and Development
- UGRC 232 — Introduction to African Studies/Issues in Africa’s Population
- UGRC 233 — Introduction to African Studies/Our African Heritage through
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).